Yab Sarpote

Yab Sarpote is a pop, folk, ballad and acoustic solo singer and songwriter. His single "Jangan Diam, Papua" (Do Not Stay Silent, Papua) was released on the compilation album "We are Papua" (2015), along with other musicians such as Iksan Skuter, Siksa Kubur, and Morgue Vanguard. This album was released in a concert in June 2015 at Taman Ismail Marzuki, Jakarta. His second single “Benih” (Seeds) was one of the selected works in the festival “Remembering Munir, Igniting Humanity” (2017), and is curated and exhibited at the Human Rights Museum, Omah Munir, Malang. Another single “Perempuan Mati di Bawah Jembatan” (A Woman Died Under the Bridge) was used as the soundtrack for the documentary film “More Than Work” (2019), a film about the exploitation of women's bodies in mainstream media, by the Konde Institute and Wikimedia Indonesia. His other song “Hari Ini” (Today) was also used at Say No More - Adelaide Festival Center's OzAsia Festival (2018) at Adelaide Hall, Australia.